{"id":2231,"date":"2015-06-05T18:40:55","date_gmt":"2015-06-05T18:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stichler.co.uk\/?p=2231"},"modified":"2015-06-05T18:40:55","modified_gmt":"2015-06-05T18:40:55","slug":"on-the-moorlands-trail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stichler.co.uk\/index.php\/2015\/06\/05\/on-the-moorlands-trail\/","title":{"rendered":"On the Moorlands Trail"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have quite a few carvings to do at Moorlands, near York, a Yorkshire Wildlife Trust nature reserve ~ and what a lovely place to work. Famed for its spectacular collection of rhododendrons and azaleas, some of which are very old, and stunning in the way they twist upwards as though dancing.<\/p>\n

I decided to make a start from home though, completing the ten trail marker-posts before beginning work on site.<\/p>\n

The 160cm x 20cm x 12cm green oak slabs were delivered from the sawmill, and I immediately got work sanding the rough wood; then I had to fathom out how to work on them. Upright would be a bit uncomfortable, as would having them flat on the floor which would’ve been a pain in the back; I managed to lift them up to a good height by clamping one end in the superjaws and resting the other end on my folding ladders.<\/p>\n

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I thought the designs had to link together by having the same format of a circle surrounding the subject and the text underneath; it worked well as all the subjects lent themselves to a circular shape in one way or another. The green oak was easy enough to carve, although a bit fluffy in parts, and of course the risk of cracking which always hangs over you when working with unseasoned oak.<\/p>\n

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I don’t think my car’s suspension could handle transporting these to York, so arrangements are being made for collection; hopefully they’ll be on site and set in place very soon.<\/p>\n

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